A Day in the Life of Lt. Sam Holland by Marie Force

Jan 15, 2015

I’m Metropolitan Police Lieutenant Sam Holland, and my day often begins in the dead of night when dispatch calls to tell me we’ve got another homicide in the District of Columbia. Middle-of the night phone calls never bothered me until I married Nick. Now I’ve got a very good reason to be home in my warm bed. He understands when my work interrupts a night of sleep—not to mention other things it’s been known to interrupt. . .

Now that he’s the vice president, he and our son Scotty are surrounded at all times by Secret Service agents. When the president asked my husband to take the place of the ailing vice president, he agreed on several conditions—that I would not be required to have a detail so I can continue to do my job as a homicide detective and that we could stay in our own home so we could remain in close proximity to my ailing father. See why I love him so much? He’s always thinking of what’s best for me.

I can tell he’s worried when I get called out in the middle of the night. He has this look he gets on his handsome face, as if there’s something he wants to say but he keeps those thoughts to himself most of the time. He’s insanely protective of me, so I know he doesn’t want me to go, but to his credit he rarely interferes with my work. When he does, whoa, major fireworks! But since that usually leads to make-up sex, I’m okay with the occasional dispute.

He never lets me leave without telling me to be careful. It’s our routine. He says, “Be careful out there, babe,” or something adorable like that, to which I reply, “Always am.”

It’s not like he isn’t plenty busy himself as vice president. Even though his schedule is hectic, he makes time to help with my cases. Other than the fact that he’s crazy hot, he’s also damned smart and the most well connected dude in all of Washington. There is literally no one he doesn’t know. Another reason I love him so much.

I’m entertained during the workday by my junk-food-eating, Bible-thumping partner, Detective Freddie Cruz, who loves to correct my language and force fried food on me whenever he can. Don’t tell him I said this, but he’s one of the best cops I’ve ever worked with, even if we’re still smoothing out some of his rough edges. He’s a great guy, a little too earnest at times, but I’m molding him to my vision.

Most of my coworkers are totally awesome, with a few exceptions. Some people don’t like me because I’ve moved quickly up the ranks. They mutter about nepotism because my dad was deputy chief when he was shot on the job three years ago.

Nothing causes me more grief than knowing that the person who shot my dad and left him a quadriplegic is still on the loose. My dad was three months shy of retirement from the police force when he was shot, and I won’t rest or retire until I find the shooter.

Never a dull moment around here, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Read Fatal Scandal, book 8 in Sam and Nick’s story, available on January 13 everywhere e-books are sold. Here’s what’s up in Fatal Scandal:

As a new year dawns in the capital city, dual scandals rock the Metropolitan Police Department—and Lieutenant Sam Holland is right in the middle of them. Chief Farnsworth is catching heat for the way he handled a recent homicide investigation, and Detective Gonzales is accused of failing to disclose an earlier connection to the judge who decided his custody hearing.

When Gonzo’s fight for his child turns deadly and he has a shaky alibi, Sam must defend two of her closest colleagues. All while her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano, settles into his new office at the White House.

Nick begins to wonder if the president is using him for a political boost, and his worries mount over a complication in the plans to adopt Scotty at a time when Sam is being put through the wringer by the always-rabid DC press corps. As the evidence against Gonzo piles up, Sam suspects someone is gunning for her—and her team.

You can read more about Sam in Fatal Scandal, the eighth book in the “Fatal” romantic suspense series, published by Carina Press. The first book in the series is Fatal Affair.

GIVEAWAY: Leave a comment by 6 p.m. eastern on January 22 for the chance to win a digital copy of FATAL SCANDAL. Three lucky winners will be randomly selected. The giveaway is open to everyone.

Meet the author
Marie Force is the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author more than 35 contemporary and romantic suspense novels, including the the Fatal Series, the McCarthys of Gansett Island Series, the Green Mountain Series, the Treading Water Series and several standalone stories. Find her online at marieforce.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MarieForceAuthor or on Twitter @marieforce.

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31 Comments

Fatal Scandal sounds great. I feel the storylines getting more intense and I can imagine the problems building. You write well so I am looking forward to reading it. Thank you for your giveaway.

carolee888
on January 15, 2015 at 1:47 am

I got up in the dead of the night because I couldn’t sleep. This sounds very engrossing. Would love to read it. Thank you for doing this giveaway,

Betty
on January 15, 2015 at 2:32 am

Sounds like an intriguing book. Thank you for the contest!

Pamela Jo
on January 15, 2015 at 2:59 am

Looking forward to reading the new book

Debbie Carnes
on January 15, 2015 at 5:50 am

Sounds great, looking forward to reading this

C Culp
on January 15, 2015 at 6:36 am

Marie Force is writing books that I like to read, and this one sounds like another book for me to have. When reading her books, the characters are so real, storyline is one where you want to just start reading it can’t wait to get to the last page…..but sad when you do….meaning the book is finished. Looking forward to this book

Gram
on January 15, 2015 at 6:54 am

Wow…this makes me want to read this one and not bother with the others until after.

A scandal sounds like a big draw and then add FATAL to that, and you have the readers hooked before they open this book. Sounds great. Would love to be considered for a digital copy. Thanks so much.
Cynthia

Connie Reynolds
on January 15, 2015 at 9:17 pm

Would love this book. Thanks for the opportunity.

Patricia Allen
on January 16, 2015 at 1:57 am

This book and the whole series sounds good, I will check them out. Thanks.

I love the sound of this new Fatal book. I’m a few volumes behind & need to catch up. This will be a great read. Thanks for the chance.

Judy
on January 17, 2015 at 4:28 pm

Whoa, lots of catching up here to do! But I’m a print fancier, so I’ll look further.

Ruth Lyons Mazur
on January 20, 2015 at 11:15 am

Oh my gosh! Marie force is a new author to me, but she won’t be for long. This being the 8th book in the series, I’ve got a lot of catching up to do. I know all about Sam, her husband, Nick and their son, Scotty and the two detectives. This is definitely a must read book. Thank you,Dru, and Marie for the chance to win this book.

marieforce
on January 20, 2015 at 6:41 pm

Thanks for all the comments! Glad so many of you are interested in the series! 🙂